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but we got barack obama. we got a man who was a product of a progressive movement. as we stand here tonight ever so humble, reminiscing about ancestors who did not see this day, about people like medgar evers who gave their lives so we would see this day, let us walk out of here tonight talking to our children as members of a movement that is triumphant. i want you not to forget what happened last year or two years ago when they said we could never be where we are right now. when they tried to teach our children that the tea party was not a group of people who started the war for democracy against the king, but rather a group of people who started the war against democracy for would- be kings. and they said that we organized people would be run over by organized money. they said that we cannot organize people, would never turn out like we did in 2008. they said that they could attack women's rights, lgbt rights, students' rights, workers' rights, voting rights, and we would vulcanize. and then something funny happened on their way to victory. we came together like w
but we got barack obama. we got a man who was a product of a progressive movement. as we stand here tonight ever so humble, reminiscing about ancestors who did not see this day, about people like medgar evers who gave their lives so we would see this day, let us walk out of here tonight talking to our children as members of a movement that is triumphant. i want you not to forget what happened last year or two years ago when they said we could never be where we are right now. when they tried to...
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those are -- about this country. they take it for granted because they make fun of people seeing fragility of the country. >> bob: the same democracy elected obama to second term. >> kimberly: greg, for a second, but let's listen to what the president has to say about the climate change and how it's affecting bob beckel. >> eric: we would respond to climate clang knowing it would affect the children and the nurture generations -- future generations. [ applause ] >> eric: some may deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling droughts, and more powerful storms. >> greg: it doesn't link weather changes and storms to global warming. he said the path toward sustainable energy, sources will be long and difficult. i agree. especially when you block keystone. >> dana: he got a pass in first term to ignore climate change. it was in the front page every day. they ignored it with president obama. now in a second term they laud him for it. and in first term? n
those are -- about this country. they take it for granted because they make fun of people seeing fragility of the country. >> bob: the same democracy elected obama to second term. >> kimberly: greg, for a second, but let's listen to what the president has to say about the climate change and how it's affecting bob beckel. >> eric: we would respond to climate clang knowing it would affect the children and the nurture generations -- future generations. [ applause ] >> eric:...
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rand paul said we don't like kings in this country. we don't like kings and king obama the first signed an executive order today, okay. that is countermanning the second amendment. is he going to be impeached? s but there are people calling for that? >> there are people calling for it and it won't happen. >> stephen: clinton was. >> that was entirely different. >> stephen: that wasn't executive over reach it was under reach. >> if you know what i mean. it was not clear who was reaching for whom in that case. >> stephen: i understand. that's how he got off. [ laughter ] in more ways than one. all right. so -- [ laughter ] -- you covered -- there one of these presidents that you covered that you like more than others that impress youed you me than other? >> they all had different qualities. >> stephen: oh, come on! there's got be. you are the most evenhanded person in the world. >> i'm fascinated by people who first of all get into the arena and run successfully for the presidency of united states, make them an historic figure, occupy th
rand paul said we don't like kings in this country. we don't like kings and king obama the first signed an executive order today, okay. that is countermanning the second amendment. is he going to be impeached? s but there are people calling for that? >> there are people calling for it and it won't happen. >> stephen: clinton was. >> that was entirely different. >> stephen: that wasn't executive over reach it was under reach. >> if you know what i mean. it was not...
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this is barack obama's moment. to make a stab at uniting the country. the president well aware of the fact that it is still a very divided country. he will argue on behalf of the greater good. as a part of that committee behind him, it is really keeping to protocol. it includes the house speaker, a democrat, started out being the speaker when he came into office. barack obama's ascent to this position, at this moment, trying to steal what many of his supporters and argue can be a very good second term. around 52%. 48% by gallup measure. that is much lower than the popularity that others have enjoyed at this point. the fame, -- you are noticing republican senators as part of this inaugural protocol. you have a equal number of republicans and democrats handing this. we should also let you know, even though we are showing you market numbers, keep in mind, our stock market closed in the united states today because of martin luther king. this is the second time this has happened. the president is expected to make reference to that and the significance of tha
this is barack obama's moment. to make a stab at uniting the country. the president well aware of the fact that it is still a very divided country. he will argue on behalf of the greater good. as a part of that committee behind him, it is really keeping to protocol. it includes the house speaker, a democrat, started out being the speaker when he came into office. barack obama's ascent to this position, at this moment, trying to steal what many of his supporters and argue can be a very good...
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and barack obama. secretary of state, hillary clinton, and of course, bill clinton, former president. he was hired to work re-election for barack obama. >> former president carter and clinton in attendance today. first president bush was recently hospitalized and has been let out of the hospital and is home recovering. he won't be there today. neither with the second bush. no reason for his absence today, but we surmise that has to do right for being with his dad. >> i love to see the flags. in fact, i think there's -- i don't remember that many flags four years ago. somebody's handing them out. >> do you think? >> we talked a lot about whether or not the election and now re-election of president obama means something beyond the symbol for african-americans, whether there's something substantively important, but it is certainly when you see interracial crowds waving the flag in that way, it does feel like there's something important. >> people are in a good mood this morning walking over here to our br
and barack obama. secretary of state, hillary clinton, and of course, bill clinton, former president. he was hired to work re-election for barack obama. >> former president carter and clinton in attendance today. first president bush was recently hospitalized and has been let out of the hospital and is home recovering. he won't be there today. neither with the second bush. no reason for his absence today, but we surmise that has to do right for being with his dad. >> i love to see...
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sacredness abilities in the highest office of our country. bless, preserve and keep them and their families safe and healthy. together with all who serve our nations, especially in the congress, the judiciary and the armed forces, here and everywhere who heroically and sacrificially defend our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. heavenly father, may we ever abide in this land of opportunity and freedom in perfect tranquility. faithful to our foundations and ever building a more prosperous, just a more distant society for all our citizens. may we always share our faith and hope for the future with the whole world through your divine and gracious love. amen. >> amen. >> thank you. thank you. >> okay. please be seated for a moment. well, i think everyone will agree this has been a wonderful inaugural ceremony, a delicious lunch, but it's now time to head to our next happy stop -- the presidential parade. like many of you i have marched in hundreds. but as we optimistically step into the next page of american history, under the leadership of
sacredness abilities in the highest office of our country. bless, preserve and keep them and their families safe and healthy. together with all who serve our nations, especially in the congress, the judiciary and the armed forces, here and everywhere who heroically and sacrificially defend our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. heavenly father, may we ever abide in this land of opportunity and freedom in perfect tranquility. faithful to our foundations and ever building a more prosperous,...
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four more successful years, barack obama. >> cheers! >> michelle and the speaker of the house came to a meeting of the minds that i may be delaying the proceedings too much. and so i'm just going to be extraordinarily brief and say thank you. to my vice president, who has not only been an extraordinary partner but an extraordinary friend. and to dr. jill biden who has partnered with my wife with an extraordinary generosity on behalf of our men and women in uniform. to the entire cabinet that is here, i am grateful to you, some of you are staying and some of you are leaving but i know extraordinary sacrifices that you and my team have made to try to advance the cause of progress in this country and i'm always going to be grateful to you for that. to the speaker of the house and nancy pelosi, to democratic leader harry reid as well as republican leader, mitch mcconnell and to all the congressional leaders and all the members of congress who are here. i recognize that democracy is not always easy, i recognize there are profound differences
four more successful years, barack obama. >> cheers! >> michelle and the speaker of the house came to a meeting of the minds that i may be delaying the proceedings too much. and so i'm just going to be extraordinarily brief and say thank you. to my vice president, who has not only been an extraordinary partner but an extraordinary friend. and to dr. jill biden who has partnered with my wife with an extraordinary generosity on behalf of our men and women in uniform. to the entire...
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now the big challenge that barack obama faces is unifying the country, bringing it together. he mentioned the word "together" seven times during the course of the speech. it was really all about unity. and bringing us together as a nation in a time where we are truly divided. how can you get congress to engage when compromise has become a dirty word on capitol hill? those are the challenges that barack obama faces, just as you mentioned george bush faced deep challenges internationally in his second term in office. >> but, mark, i was struck, he also said we made ourselves anew when he was talking about infrastructure, schools, free market, competition. he really, if it's not morning in america, it's a different kind of morning in america. >> it's a different time, indeed. and i think that he has a limited period of time, diane, to expend political capital in order to bring us into a new era. one of the things that lyndon johnson said famously is that when a president is elected, he's for six months he's a giraffe and thereafter a worm, so his great challenge is going to be h
now the big challenge that barack obama faces is unifying the country, bringing it together. he mentioned the word "together" seven times during the course of the speech. it was really all about unity. and bringing us together as a nation in a time where we are truly divided. how can you get congress to engage when compromise has become a dirty word on capitol hill? those are the challenges that barack obama faces, just as you mentioned george bush faced deep challenges...
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now a bigger challenge healing the country who has been through a financial crisis. a country after a very hard fought and tight election is looking to see what the president will do in the days ahead to bring them together on not just fixing the economy, immigration reform, now gun control, as i mentioned after newtown on the agenda. i saw the president's chief speech writer outside of the church an was carrying a manila folder that had the inaugural address and he gave me a thumb's up as if they kneel good about it, there are two themes, coming together and a call to action, getting the american people engaged in the political process not just during the campaign but after the campaign in the four years ahead. the motorcade below the resier where we are, martha, as you can tell is starting to gather. in the next few moments the president and first lady will be joining up with the vice president and his wife and the congressional leaders and starting that motorcade over to the capitol to get ready nor the swearing in. martha: it is a very big morning, and,ed, you hi
now a bigger challenge healing the country who has been through a financial crisis. a country after a very hard fought and tight election is looking to see what the president will do in the days ahead to bring them together on not just fixing the economy, immigration reform, now gun control, as i mentioned after newtown on the agenda. i saw the president's chief speech writer outside of the church an was carrying a manila folder that had the inaugural address and he gave me a thumb's up as if...
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obama doesn't have to worry about re-election so it can be different. it is not one to be different. unless the people wake up in this country and exert a tiny bit of effort in the millions, focusing 0 focus on congress, because that is the fault point, to get minimum wage billed through, jack lew is wall street certified. he is a typical central casting secretary, ok? he is smart, experienced, obedient to wall street, and certified by wall street. so it is one of a seamless transition. then you have the regulatory chiefs. who is one to do with climate change to be the head of the epa? it has to be someone who will support his decision to approve the xl pipeline. >> what happened lisa jackson? >> he totally mistreated her. he basically said to her in the election year last year, he shut her down, virtually, except for one or two pollution standards. he shut her down. he told her in the white house and the meeting, you are not going to do this. she just left. she cannot take it anymore. i don't blame her. dr. michaels who heads osha, a 58,000 americans d
obama doesn't have to worry about re-election so it can be different. it is not one to be different. unless the people wake up in this country and exert a tiny bit of effort in the millions, focusing 0 focus on congress, because that is the fault point, to get minimum wage billed through, jack lew is wall street certified. he is a typical central casting secretary, ok? he is smart, experienced, obedient to wall street, and certified by wall street. so it is one of a seamless transition. then...
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i wanted to ask the country to pray for our president obama -- i am a republican, and i voted republican this year. that was to my commitment to the republican party. i am very disappointed with my party. i do not like the direction they are taking. to be honest with you, i do not like the fact that they are not cooperating in the house or any other place with democrats or with president obama. i would ask the president if he would open upper a new investigation on the 9/11 attacks on this country. i am unsatisfied with the commission report that was put out. host: that was james in brandon, florida. you can see on the capital, five large flags hanging down. the explanation of the five different flags they had hanging down -- this is a congressional report. framed against the black -- the backdrop -- the backdrop of red, white and blue -- we have at ross flag with starch -- stars are arranged in the circle. the next two flags are the flags the u.s. adopted when the president elect's home state became part of the u.s. the middle flag represents the 50 states. president obama plus home sta
i wanted to ask the country to pray for our president obama -- i am a republican, and i voted republican this year. that was to my commitment to the republican party. i am very disappointed with my party. i do not like the direction they are taking. to be honest with you, i do not like the fact that they are not cooperating in the house or any other place with democrats or with president obama. i would ask the president if he would open upper a new investigation on the 9/11 attacks on this...
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now, the speech president obama will give today, of course will lay out his vision for the country's future. he'll be talking about his hope that the partisan disagreements of washington won't keep the administration and congress from finding some common ground. there'll be more details on february 12th in the state of the union address. mr. obama may be meditating over what he's going to say as he heads from the white house across lafayette park in the next half hour for a prayer service at st. john's church. charlie, norah, gayle? >> bill plante, thank you. with us now are dee dee myers of "vanity fair" magazine and press secretary and author douglas brinkley. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> these inaugurals are always historic. now we have three presidents in a row who have served two terms. that's unusual. it's only happened one other time. you were recently with the president. he's thinking a lot about hesitate second term isn't he? >> absolutely. how did he time manage the first term and can you time manage the second one better. memore more importantly he's looking at abraham l
now, the speech president obama will give today, of course will lay out his vision for the country's future. he'll be talking about his hope that the partisan disagreements of washington won't keep the administration and congress from finding some common ground. there'll be more details on february 12th in the state of the union address. mr. obama may be meditating over what he's going to say as he heads from the white house across lafayette park in the next half hour for a prayer service at...
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party line vote, divided the country. implementation will be tough. he will have to spend a lot of time on it to see results. >> immigration was an area shown to be a place where he might have the most success. >> that's true. >> guns are going to be tough but i think the president also feels that on issues like this, he now can take some chances, even if it's not politically popular, and it's not. he's going for the long ball as well. >> let's save a little bit of what you are have to talk with us. you'll be with us throughout the entire day. >> oh, my god. >> that's true. >> read your e-mails. >> i told you everything i know. >> tom brokaw, david gregory, andrea mitchell. let's get outside and get a check of the weather from al. >> it's going to be a long day. tom's already done. beautiful, beautiful morning as you look at the capital. little inaugural weather history. ronald reagan had the warmest inaugural ever, january 20th, 1981. cloudy skies, 55 degrees. then four years later, he had the coldest inaugural ever at 7 grease at noon, windchills 10
party line vote, divided the country. implementation will be tough. he will have to spend a lot of time on it to see results. >> immigration was an area shown to be a place where he might have the most success. >> that's true. >> guns are going to be tough but i think the president also feels that on issues like this, he now can take some chances, even if it's not politically popular, and it's not. he's going for the long ball as well. >> let's save a little bit of what...
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president, i'm grateful for this opportunity to serve our country again. >> reporter: obama faces nomination fights a divided congress and this. >> the president will either rise and fall about the economy. >> reporter: obama is off to a head start with his current approval rating higher than his first term average. but he still faces fights over gun control. and immigration reform. >> this is when presidents really get tested, when unexpected things happen and they have to react on the spot, in real time. we get to seat real character of a president. >> just 16 presidents have been elected to a second term, including some of the great ones. obama, the 17th, will now get his shot at greatness, or not. you know, both gentlemen agreed that tackling the economy was first priority. they said in order for president barack obama to leave the democratic party stronger, he has to pass immigration reform. that's what you were talking about a while ago. >> isn't that one of the big questions? is his goal his legacy? or is his goal a democratic legacy? >> one guy said within a year. have you a year to
president, i'm grateful for this opportunity to serve our country again. >> reporter: obama faces nomination fights a divided congress and this. >> the president will either rise and fall about the economy. >> reporter: obama is off to a head start with his current approval rating higher than his first term average. but he still faces fights over gun control. and immigration reform. >> this is when presidents really get tested, when unexpected things happen and they have...
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. >> straight ahead at 8:00, a celebration of the country and its citizens. today president obama begins his second term with a symbolic oath of office in fronts of hundreds and thousands of witnesses to history. >> this is a day when politics takes a backseat. and when the white house looks forward to the next four years, we look back at the life of martin luther king jr. whose work and sacrifice helped transform a dream into reality. it is monday january 21st, 2013. inauguration day and dr. martin luther king jr. day. good morning i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. happy you are joining us this morning as we are broadcasting from our temporary studios high atop the canadian embassy on pennsylvania avenue just blocks away from where all the action will get underway not too far from now this afternoon. we will bring it all to you live all morning long. >> as we mentioned earlier, today's oath of office will be a symbolic gesture as the president took the oath of office yesterday. he's required to by law to it on january 20th. his second term offici
. >> straight ahead at 8:00, a celebration of the country and its citizens. today president obama begins his second term with a symbolic oath of office in fronts of hundreds and thousands of witnesses to history. >> this is a day when politics takes a backseat. and when the white house looks forward to the next four years, we look back at the life of martin luther king jr. whose work and sacrifice helped transform a dream into reality. it is monday january 21st, 2013. inauguration...
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>> i had dinner with a top obama official and he was talking about how the president saved the country and brought us back and what a great job he had done and he paused and said i have to admit that this white house can use a little more tony soprano. they just need to tinker with the balance like and get that carrots and sticks and pulling the levers right. >> it's fascinating that you say that. so many people have been close to the president for four or five years who said no everything is fine. he's great. even they are starting to say to us, he has to pick up the phone and start talking to senators and congress men more and this is not about partisan. this is a personal thing. he's out of his comfort zone. he has to learn to schmooze. >> he had his mother's son. he is an anthropologist and looking at the natives and what are the stupid natives done? he has to get in there and try to push and get some of his stuff done. >> i want to talk about the pageantry of it all. you want to have fun? >> i asked him to come to washington and we went to a brunch and talked to the president abou
>> i had dinner with a top obama official and he was talking about how the president saved the country and brought us back and what a great job he had done and he paused and said i have to admit that this white house can use a little more tony soprano. they just need to tinker with the balance like and get that carrots and sticks and pulling the levers right. >> it's fascinating that you say that. so many people have been close to the president for four or five years who said no...
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and so i think the biggest challenge for obama is actually to give the country a sense that something is going to get done, the dysfunction in washington isn't hopeless. and, that he is going to be able to actually even in small ways, change things for the better. >> chris: well, i think it is fair to say, watching the first interview with david plouffe and the second interview with roy blunt, there was talk about common ground but, sure not a lot of specifics. bill, one of the interesting developments, and we talked about it with mruf, the president's campaign organization, turning into an issue advocacy group. obama for america, osa, is organizing for action, osa, and you and i remember -- i remember ronald reagan used this, if you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. is that what it is about? and will this president be as successful as ronald reagan was in making guys feel the heat. >> he's entitled to tie and, ronald reagan was reelected with 50% of the vote and barack obama, 51 and, barack obama did not campaign on gun control which he's now -- a top legislatur
and so i think the biggest challenge for obama is actually to give the country a sense that something is going to get done, the dysfunction in washington isn't hopeless. and, that he is going to be able to actually even in small ways, change things for the better. >> chris: well, i think it is fair to say, watching the first interview with david plouffe and the second interview with roy blunt, there was talk about common ground but, sure not a lot of specifics. bill, one of the...
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what i want everybody to know and want president obama to know, i feel like our country is divided. we need to come together as one. i get to talk to kids. the lady, the mother of that evil kid that shot those kids should have had enough common sense to think, hey, you know what i should be a responsible gun owner and take these guns and lock them out. out of the house and what i want people to remember is our flag is made out of the blood of patriots, do not give up your rights because when you give up your rights you're going to fight with blood to get the rights back. and that second amendment has given us every other amendment and as a sportsman, as a cop, guns are not the problem. we need to become a better country, need to become better parents and responsible. if we're responsible americans, human beings with our case, this country with be greater. >> i want to apologize we didn't get to hear from everybody tonight. i promise we will bring you back. it's sad a lot of media outlets won't give both nation's capital. stay close. >> tonight on huckabee. >> i barak hussein obama d
what i want everybody to know and want president obama to know, i feel like our country is divided. we need to come together as one. i get to talk to kids. the lady, the mother of that evil kid that shot those kids should have had enough common sense to think, hey, you know what i should be a responsible gun owner and take these guns and lock them out. out of the house and what i want people to remember is our flag is made out of the blood of patriots, do not give up your rights because when...
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raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending, it simply allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. >> mike: well, according to the congressional record, in 2006, then senator barack obama had this statement just before a debt ceiling vote and i quote, the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure, it's a sign that the u.s. government can't pay its own bills, it's a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government's reckless fiscal policies. leadership means that the buck stops here. instead, washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today on the backs of our children and grandchildren, therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase america's debt limit. in 2008, candidate obama blamed president bush and called the growing debt unpatriotic. >> number 43 added 4 trillion dollars by his lonesome so that we now have over 9 trillion dollars of debt that we are going to have to pay back, $30,000 for every man, woman and child,
raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending, it simply allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. >> mike: well, according to the congressional record, in 2006, then senator barack obama had this statement just before a debt ceiling vote and i quote, the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure, it's a sign that the u.s. government can't pay its own bills, it's a sign that we now...
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>> this is barack obama at his best. relaxed. speaking in aspirational tones. uniting the country. this really is a moment of celebration and the fact he's re-electing and must make a difference in this terms of speaking to the country. >> the latino vote for him never more important and the latino community in america never more important or larger. how significant is that in the second term? >> my hope is it's very significant. i believe it will be. he has a real connection to the latino community. we saw that with over 70% of latinos voting for president obama and confident in terms of the issue agenda and immigration reform and also the look of the administration, that that will be reflected. >> doug brinkley, put this in historical thing, a first time in a long time you have had three back to back presidents holding two terms. does that bring with it a certain stability to the administration of the united states? >> i think it does. you know? media pays a lot of attention on who's replacing hillary clinton, john kerry and the head of cabinets but there are also a lot of report
>> this is barack obama at his best. relaxed. speaking in aspirational tones. uniting the country. this really is a moment of celebration and the fact he's re-electing and must make a difference in this terms of speaking to the country. >> the latino vote for him never more important and the latino community in america never more important or larger. how significant is that in the second term? >> my hope is it's very significant. i believe it will be. he has a real connection...
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caller: in a country where originally white people were not even citizens of this country and now we have a black president, i think we've come a long way. i feel that president obama has not done enough for either side. i think in the beginning it was an issue for him. now he's just like, i am going to be the president. but there are still people who cannot get past that. how does that affect his second term? i have to say, particularly republicans -- how do we get people over the issue of his race? guest: the sad reality is, there are some people that -- i do not think we want to make the mistake of exaggerating their numbers -- there are some people for whom they will never get over the issue of race. there are other people who quite sincerely, for reasons having nothing to do with race, believe that the president's agenda, in their estimation, is too fill-in-the-blank. the larger issue is how we create a political process in which any president -- the last presidents have been polarizing figures. in that, barack obama is not different from his predecessors. the larger question i
caller: in a country where originally white people were not even citizens of this country and now we have a black president, i think we've come a long way. i feel that president obama has not done enough for either side. i think in the beginning it was an issue for him. now he's just like, i am going to be the president. but there are still people who cannot get past that. how does that affect his second term? i have to say, particularly republicans -- how do we get people over the issue of his...
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they used to help get president obama elected. big bowl names inside. just a few that i named and a lot of them you know from being in the music industry. lots of cache here. >> that's exciting. you better go. i think pharrell wants his hat back. you lucky devil susan. what's going on there? >> reporter: i was going to ask if you like smokey robinson. people have been lining up since five in t 5:00 in the morning. it was called let freedom ring celebration. the highlight is when he separated the audience. imagine you have 2100 folks in the audience and separates them into three groups. he had them singing my girl. a pretty special moment and finally america the beautiful ended. they were just on their feet. it was really kind of a spectacular moment. then you had another event as well that was taking place at the same time. really a celebration. the latino community some really heavy hitters who came out to perform and celebrate. the fact that they have so much power when it comes to voting. had a chance to talk to evan longoria on the red carpet. she s
they used to help get president obama elected. big bowl names inside. just a few that i named and a lot of them you know from being in the music industry. lots of cache here. >> that's exciting. you better go. i think pharrell wants his hat back. you lucky devil susan. what's going on there? >> reporter: i was going to ask if you like smokey robinson. people have been lining up since five in t 5:00 in the morning. it was called let freedom ring celebration. the highlight is when he...
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raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending, it simply allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. >> mike: well, according to the congressional record, in 2006, then senator barack obama had this statement just before a debt ceiling vote and i quote, the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure, it's a sign that the u.s. government can't pay its own bills, it's a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government's reckless fiscal policies. leadership means that the buck stops here. instead, washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today on the backs of our children and grandchildren, therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase america's debt limit. in 2008, candidate obama blamed president bush and called the growing debt unpatriotic. >> number 43 added 4 trillion dollars by his lonesome so that we now have over 9 trillion dollars of debt that we are going to have to pay back, $30,000 for every man, woman and child,
raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending, it simply allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. >> mike: well, according to the congressional record, in 2006, then senator barack obama had this statement just before a debt ceiling vote and i quote, the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure, it's a sign that the u.s. government can't pay its own bills, it's a sign that we now...
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>> the house republicans and barack obama profoundly disagree on the direction of the country. they disagree on moral, cultural, fiscal and social issues. that's-- >> i don't want a divided answer. i want who is the bigger or biggest culprit? >> well, obama proposes and they reject. >> he can't bear to say it's the republicans' fault. the tea party republicans are obviously the fault in the house. and the senate republicans bear the brunt of abusing the filibuster, the point where they've used it 385 times while reid has been the leader. it was used once when lyndon johnson was the speaker and that was the great civil rights battle. it's a total misuse and abuse of power. >> harry reid should not get a free pass. he has prevented republicans from ever offering amendments on a lot of these important votes. his management of the senate is imperious and when republicans have allowed things to move to a vote, not filibuster them, he still prohibited republican amendments so he bears at least half the blame for what's going on in the senate. >> this is a democracy. it shouldn't work
>> the house republicans and barack obama profoundly disagree on the direction of the country. they disagree on moral, cultural, fiscal and social issues. that's-- >> i don't want a divided answer. i want who is the bigger or biggest culprit? >> well, obama proposes and they reject. >> he can't bear to say it's the republicans' fault. the tea party republicans are obviously the fault in the house. and the senate republicans bear the brunt of abusing the filibuster, the...
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caller: in a country where originally white people were not even citizens of this country and now we have a black president, i think we've come a long way. i feel that president obama has not done enough for either side. i think in the beginning it was an issue for him. now he's just like, i am going to be the president. but there are still people who cannot get past that. how does that affect his second term? i have to say, particularly republicans -- how do we get people over the issue of his race? guest: the sad reality is, there are some people that -- i do not think we want to make the mistake of exaggerating their numbers -- there are some people for whom they will never get over the issue of race. there are other people who quite sincerely, for reasons having nothing to do with race, believe that the president's agenda, in their estimation, is too fill- in-the-blank. the larger issue is how we create a political process in which any president -- the last presidents have been polarizing figures. in that, barack obama is not different from his predecessors. the larger question i
caller: in a country where originally white people were not even citizens of this country and now we have a black president, i think we've come a long way. i feel that president obama has not done enough for either side. i think in the beginning it was an issue for him. now he's just like, i am going to be the president. but there are still people who cannot get past that. how does that affect his second term? i have to say, particularly republicans -- how do we get people over the issue of his...
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not recapping but what we've been through as a country. then, a few great goals for the four years to come but not a lot of specifics. host: because the this day is a sunday, president obama has the luxury of having one more day to prepare for his speech. what is happening 24 hours before an inaugural speech? do you think everything is in place or is there fine tuning going on? guest: typically, at least the president i worked for bill clinton, would work on the major speeches up to the last minute. i understand that president obama has some of those tendencies as well. this is such a big moment for the president that he has to make sure he fine tunes it. it is his voice. speech writers can give him a great draft but i think at this moment he's putting his final touches on it himself. host: we've been talking this morning about second inaugural addresses and a lot of references to lincoln's second saturday much more famous than his first address but that is the exception. guest: i suppose it is. there aren't a lot of inaugural addresses ou
not recapping but what we've been through as a country. then, a few great goals for the four years to come but not a lot of specifics. host: because the this day is a sunday, president obama has the luxury of having one more day to prepare for his speech. what is happening 24 hours before an inaugural speech? do you think everything is in place or is there fine tuning going on? guest: typically, at least the president i worked for bill clinton, would work on the major speeches up to the last...
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president and michelle obama went ball to ball in a big celebration. this time around, nations the challenges the country faces and economic problems and the budget issues here in d.c., they've gone much smaller. there will be only two presidential inaugural balls tomorrow night. they'll be in bigger venues and one will be at verizon center here. there will be plenty of opportunities to do it. it's been more subdued in terms of crowd. last time there was 1.8 million people estimated to have been on the mall. just today organizers have downgraded their estimates, they have predicted 600 this had to 8 high school,000 they have moved that down to half a million to $700,000. as we get nearer and nearer to the ceremonial issues of tomorrow they are looking at smaller crowds. an illustration of waning enthusiasm for the now re-elected president. he didn't get as many popular votes nor electoral votes as four years ago. his turnout will be smaller too. >> heather: and i hear it's going to be cold out there. bundle up. >> reporter: nothing like years ago. last
president and michelle obama went ball to ball in a big celebration. this time around, nations the challenges the country faces and economic problems and the budget issues here in d.c., they've gone much smaller. there will be only two presidential inaugural balls tomorrow night. they'll be in bigger venues and one will be at verizon center here. there will be plenty of opportunities to do it. it's been more subdued in terms of crowd. last time there was 1.8 million people estimated to have...
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king had on our country. i think that it's a huge tribute that president obama chose to pick dr. king's holiday for his swearing in. >> your father, of course, marched with dr. king in selma in 1965, and he was one of the close advisers. what remains to be accomplished with regards to the fight for civil rights in this country? >> you know, i think that more than just civil rights as it relates to, i mean, the voting rights act was a huge part of what my father and dr. king stood for and fought for and today, we still rank 136th out of 172 democratic nations. and so, we have to work to get all people to the polls, of all races and genders, to make sure that we are exercising our right as americans to vote. i think that when we walked to that ballot box, we create change. >> row tyou are the ceo of a ch called give locally.net. it is a web effort, and it is web philanthropy if you will, and do you see this as a 21st version of the civil rights? >> yes, absolutely. we all have to do our part to make a difference in the world. and give locally.net is a tech model we started. we are
king had on our country. i think that it's a huge tribute that president obama chose to pick dr. king's holiday for his swearing in. >> your father, of course, marched with dr. king in selma in 1965, and he was one of the close advisers. what remains to be accomplished with regards to the fight for civil rights in this country? >> you know, i think that more than just civil rights as it relates to, i mean, the voting rights act was a huge part of what my father and dr. king stood...
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had been elected the first black president of this country. how much of that sense still exists now four years later or how much of it is just part of the past and now we're moving on? >> i don't think it's part of the past and we're moving on. people are cherishing that and looking for the next four years to be stronger in terms of action and inexclusiveness for all people. i think it's going to be a good four years. >> how do you bring the congressmen together. >> what is a thing that's going to make people who don't really seem to necessarily know each other, i was surprised when i heard that the other day from a senator. senator mansion i think said it how do you bring people not only to know each other, but to want to work toward a common goal? >> well many of us are trying to bring people together. one of the things that i'm doing as part of an organization called faith in politics, every first weekend in march, we take a group of democrats and republicans, leade erers of the house and senate on a trip. we take them to alabama, we take t
had been elected the first black president of this country. how much of that sense still exists now four years later or how much of it is just part of the past and now we're moving on? >> i don't think it's part of the past and we're moving on. people are cherishing that and looking for the next four years to be stronger in terms of action and inexclusiveness for all people. i think it's going to be a good four years. >> how do you bring the congressmen together. >> what is a...
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. >>> president obama enters his second term with a country and a congress divided. >> white house officials say his inaugural address tomorrow will be hopeful. we'll ask a former speech writer for president reagan what the president needs to say to set a positive tone for the next four years. we're back in a moment. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> welcome back. everybody, president obama was sworn in for a second term earlier this afternoon. he got some big hugs from his wife and his two daughters. there are some people who are not so happy that he won the election. thak a look at the poll numbers, a new cnn/"time" magazine/orc poll, shows the president's approval rating is 55%, 43% disapprove of the way he's doing his job. breakdown, 92% of democrats say they approve. 13% of republicans say the president is doi
. >>> president obama enters his second term with a country and a congress divided. >> white house officials say his inaugural address tomorrow will be hopeful. we'll ask a former speech writer for president reagan what the president needs to say to set a positive tone for the next four years. we're back in a moment. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after...
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when barack obama appeared four years ago the country did not know him, the beginning of his presidency. now for bet he and worse people know him. they know his strengths, weaknesses, the areas he's achieved and failed. it's more setting a brief mood for the country coming together. we have all this behind us. we're going to look ahead and then we'll get into the knitty gritty of our plans. >> second inaugurals are interesting things. some presidents have chosen to look backwards to talk about their accomplishments in the first term. others have not. george w. bush did not talk much about his first term but decided to make a bold foreign policy statement. what are the considerations that go into choosing what you say. >> when you look at the history of inaugural addresses there are some determined by the trajectory of history. john f. kennedy gave a speech that codified the moral commitments of the cold war. ronald reagan's first inaugural speech was an economic speech. the context was inflation which was a threat to the country at that time. but most of others, bush was like that too,
when barack obama appeared four years ago the country did not know him, the beginning of his presidency. now for bet he and worse people know him. they know his strengths, weaknesses, the areas he's achieved and failed. it's more setting a brief mood for the country coming together. we have all this behind us. we're going to look ahead and then we'll get into the knitty gritty of our plans. >> second inaugurals are interesting things. some presidents have chosen to look backwards to talk...
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that is a very good thing for our country. thank you, emily's list. we are emily, and we ain't seen nothing yet. thank you all. [applause] >> a look at the jefferson memorial. president obama's public inauguration as tomorrow, which happens to be allocated. -- mlk day. [indistinct conversations] >> large crowds gathered here this weekend at the immelt came memorial. we have live inauguration coverage starting tomorrow -- mlk memorial. we have live inauguration coverage starting tomorrow. next, a look at how u.s. presidents have feared his starkly in their second term. the specific -- have faced in their second term. host: want to welcome author and historian richard norton smith. the most memorable second term address was by abraham lincoln. guest: there are people who thinks that it outranks the gettysburg address. it is the greatest way sermon ever delivered in america. anyone who questions lincoln's spirituality as opposed to his denominational membership, read the second inaugural. it is a remarkable addressed for its eloquence. for the message. a
that is a very good thing for our country. thank you, emily's list. we are emily, and we ain't seen nothing yet. thank you all. [applause] >> a look at the jefferson memorial. president obama's public inauguration as tomorrow, which happens to be allocated. -- mlk day. [indistinct conversations] >> large crowds gathered here this weekend at the immelt came memorial. we have live inauguration coverage starting tomorrow -- mlk memorial. we have live inauguration coverage starting...
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and i think in some ways that's where the country is now. we've been through so much over these last decades in terms of unemployment. and i think people are meeting this moment with a little bit more guarded optimism than they had last time. >> so, doug, what do you see as the president's biggest obstacles he faces looking ahead to this term that he didn't necessarily have in the first? are there different ones? >> the most glaring is is the republican-controlled house of representatives, which he didn't have when he first stepped into washington. >> thus health care passed. >> yeah. and they're not inclined to cooperate with him and put ideology and politics aside in my opinion. another thing going on is deficit politics. i'm not saying just the deficit itself, which with a balanced approach we can take care of like we did in the '90s after bush one. i think deficit politics, there's a fear of it, it's ginned up, becomes a big obstacle to doing things he wants to do and that the country needs like investing in our economic infrastructure,
and i think in some ways that's where the country is now. we've been through so much over these last decades in terms of unemployment. and i think people are meeting this moment with a little bit more guarded optimism than they had last time. >> so, doug, what do you see as the president's biggest obstacles he faces looking ahead to this term that he didn't necessarily have in the first? are there different ones? >> the most glaring is is the republican-controlled house of...
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here's a bit from president obama from his first inaugural. >> there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. their memories are short. for they have forgot whan this country has already done, what the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. >> well, it's that last sentence. we were all reading it before handle and everybody giggled here. bipartisan giggling between tom and karen. the stale political arguments, somebody's eating that stale bread. second inaugurals. what do you expect? >> well, i think what he has to show is energy and aspiration and desire to really do big things despite the stale political arguments still being stale political arguments. because otherwise second inaugurals are like second weddings. you have to have an oomph to them. i think he's got to continue what happened during the campaign. in the campaign he made a very strong case which won the election for a government th
here's a bit from president obama from his first inaugural. >> there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. their memories are short. for they have forgot whan this country has already done, what the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. >> well, it's that last sentence. we were all reading...
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i volunteered during president obama's campaign. this is one of the proudest moments of my life, to see the country coming together. so many different cultures, so many different people taking part in the country. i think this is a great day for america. host: next, a call from oklahoma city. caller: i was wondering how race played a part in this election. it seems that the racial tensions are starting to grow. i am afraid to see what is going to happen in the upcoming years. i wish people would not look at race and look at people as people. it scares me, what is happening in the world. host: thanks for the call. history on why there is two ceremonies states back to president monroe in 1821, who consult the supreme court because the official date back then was march 4, which fell on a sunday. president monroe deciding after the courts and other public institutions were not open on sunday, they moved it to the following day, on monday. on six different occasions, this has been the case. today being the seventh. the change to the inau
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thinks things in the country are going well, but better for him if you look at the obama presidency here. now, here's a question here. what kind of president will the president obama be in his second term? 54%, majority of americans think he is above average or outstanding. that is a good number for the president. but you see, again, just over 40% of americans say he is below average or poor. a partisan divide and this shows you why. the american people, look at that number. 76% of americans think the country is more deeply divided than in the past. unity bringing people together and getting the government to work is a big challenge of the president's second inaugural address. 70% of americans are hopeful that the president's policies would succeed in a second term. 26% say they hope the president fails in his second term from a policy agenda and if you look at this as it plays out, again, look at the partisan divide. almost every democrat says they hope the president succeeds and most independents do. only 40% of republicans, wolf, as we begin the second obama term. the president takes
thinks things in the country are going well, but better for him if you look at the obama presidency here. now, here's a question here. what kind of president will the president obama be in his second term? 54%, majority of americans think he is above average or outstanding. that is a good number for the president. but you see, again, just over 40% of americans say he is below average or poor. a partisan divide and this shows you why. the american people, look at that number. 76% of americans...